Vajpayee, Pervez meet informallyInteraction took place, says MusharrafKathmandu, January 6Even as Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee ruled out talks with Pakistan till Islamabad stopped cross-border terrorism, General Pervez Musharraf alluded to “informal interaction” taking place between the two sides and said: “We were not engaged in negotiations.”

We
exchanged pleasantries: PMNew Delhi, January 6Adopting a cautious approach, Prime
Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today said that his short and “informal
interaction” with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in Kathmandu at the
end of the SAARC summit earlier in the day was only an exchange of
pleasantries and was not on steps to defuse tensions between the two
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New Delhi,
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India and Britain today agreed to jointly fight global terrorism
stressing that the perpetrators of the recent terrorist attacks on the
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Pak UAV shot down in PoonchOver 15 Pak troops killed, 10 bunkers destroyedJammu, January 6One Pakistan Unmanned Aerial Vehicle was today shot down by an Indian fighter plane in the Poonch sector which was followed by a heavy exchange of mortar and artillery fire in which more than 15 Pak soldiers were killed and 10 bunkers were smashed.

Restrict
Press movement, Army asks PunjabAmritsar, January 6Even as the Army has reportedly sought the help of the state government
to take action against the mediapersons who have been reporting about the
deployment of Army in the sensitive border areas, the District Magistrates of
Amritsar and Gurdaspur may impose ban orders under Section 144 with a view to
restrict the movement of the Press.

Hizbul commander among 10 shotSrinagar, January 6At least ten militants were killed in separate incidents in the Kashmir valley since yesterday while the security forces recovered large quantities of arms and ammunition during search operations.

Taliban
envoy detained, Omar at largeWashington/Kandhar, January 6The US military took into
custody the former Taliban Ambassador to Pakistan even as its
primary targets, Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar and
Osama bin Laden, eluded Afghan and US forces.

Congress
may review listChandigarh, January 6In view of the resentment
expressed by leaders of different factions of the party from
Punjab over the allotment of the party ticket for the Assembly
elections, the Congress high command is likely to review decisions
in this regard.

Indo-Pak Border
(Amritsar), January 6“The deafening sound of the blast
threw me on the pile of sugarcane I was thrashing. My first impression was
that war had broken out. But when I saw the fire and the bodies blow up
high in the air, I collected myself to rescue the victims,” said Sukhraj
Singh (25), alias Nitu of Mahawa village.

Karnail Singh, a resident of Mahawa village in Amritsar district, receives money from fellow villagers for the cremation of his son who died in a mine blast on Saturday.
— Photo Rajiv Sharma